Monday, May 31, 2010

Yesterday, Jacque created a beautiful sample showcasing one of the new digital papers matching the Moments In Time Stamps and Toppers. Today, I have a sneak peek of one of the other digi papers that match the Just for you stamp and additionally work very well with various images, including this sweet image.

Here's a close up of the digi paper! So soft and pretty and the perfect scale for cardmaking! I printed my paper on a heavier weight paper that has a little bit of linen texture through it. I was also able to open the digi file in photo shop and resize the file to print just the amount I needed for the card!.

We are also going to be giving away blog candy specific to this launch. By signing up for the new Flower Soft TV site they will be entered for a chance to win one of every Flower Soft product featured in the first Flower Soft TV show. This is over $100 in product goods. The winner will be announce on the Flower Soft blog and Flower Soft TV site when the show launches.

Sunday, May 30, 2010

A very Happy Sunday to YOU!! I am thrilled to be the first on the Flower Soft blog to give you a wee sneak peek of the absolutely darling digi papers which match all the the Moments in Time line of stamps and toppers! There are so many exciting things happening at Flower Soft that you certainly want to check back to our blog often so you don't miss some of the excitement!! Not only will there be new products but Flower Soft TV will be coming very soon so I hope you will come over and sign up for all of the updates--there will be a magnificent prize for some lucky follower and special deals for all participants!

For my card today I used Bazzill for the base, all matting is SU, and the darling image Just for You was stamped on Cryogen White and colored with Copics to match the new, lovely digi papers which will be available from Flower Soft very soon!! I added a touch of Gold Stickles to the lace, Lilac, Lavender, Citrus Crush and Raspberry Fizz for all the flowers, and a mixture of Shamrock Green and Pale Green to highlight the grass. The image was propped up on a MS Quilted Punch Around tthe Page and yellow pearls were added to the junctures as well as to all corners of the card. To add vertical interest, I added a stripe from one of the new digi papers, using small lavender bows and yellow organza butterflies. To finish the front I added floral treatments using yellow pleated flowers by Maya Road.

I hope you have enjoyed my creation and will join us everyday as our Design Team Members will have some very lovely and exciting creations to show you...Enjoy your week...Hugs from Jacque

Saturday, May 29, 2010

You can stamp an image, color it in and leave it at that OR you can jazz it up a bit by adding some Flower Soft! How does it get better?

It is such a simple and easy accent and it is something else the detail the Flower Soft adds to an image. Here I just stamped the flowers and then I did color them in with a yellow Copic marker. The Flower Soft gives a very thorough coverage, but for any areas where the underneath color would show through, I wanted to reinforce my color with yellow markers and yellow Flower Soft. Just be sure that you are generous when adding the Tacky glue to the areas you are going to cover.

Can you just see from this side view of my finished flowers how SOFT this accent is? I know you can't feel it but you can believe me. And, the Tacky glue is so good to use with the Flower Soft, once you have brushed off the extra flakes, all of the rest of the Flower Soft stays in place and looks amazing.Thanks for visiting, team member, Linda Beeson

Monday, May 24, 2010

Happy Monday! If you're celebrating Victoria Day today and are enjoying a long weekend, I hope it's been safe and fun! I'm excited to be bringing you some of my projects each Monday here on the Flower Soft Blog!

I created this gift set with two of the images in the Recipes for Friendship Kit. I made the small Pizza Box, for which I found the Tutorial on Splitcoaststampers. This was quick and easy as well. I used a Nestabilitie to cut an octagonal shape around my image and sponged some soft sky and celery ink around the image. I used some Ultrafine Flower soft in Strawberry to add some dotted dimension to the bag and hair bows and some UF Toffee for the bear. A Little Shamrock to the grass..... and Viola! That was done in a flash!

I wanted to continue to experiment with my new colours and didn't want to repeat the same pattern, so for creative part of the challenge on my card I used some Shamrock and Ultrafine Raspberry Fizz to create the little bushes! In addition, I added some Lilac to her little hair bows!

I had lots of fun machine stitching the Red border.........hehe.........so much fun that I stitched and Stitched and stitched to create a shabby border. I'm lovin' that Polka dotted Ribbon too! I'm sure you've seen it here before and I need to order some more as I've just about used it all up!

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Happy Sunday and welcome to the Flower Soft Blog! Many exciting things are happening at Flower Soft and I hope you will join all of us in participating. Not only will there be new products but Flower Soft TV will be coming very soon so I hope you will come over and sign up for all of the updates--there will be a magnificent prize for some lucky follower and special deals for all participants!

I'm Jacque and since this is my first posting on the blog I would like to show you several of my cards from the past which I think point out the many exciting uses of Flower Soft. For the first card, I made the topiaries by mixing Pale Green and Shamrock Green Flower Soft and used the pots from the Pots and Urns Collection. The tiny ribbon is 2 mm Pale Lemon Ribbon.

The next card shows Sweat Pea Flower Soft used for both dimension in the basket of flowers and for highlights around the image.

Saturday, May 22, 2010

I love to use photos that I have taken on cards and I love to experiment so that is what today's post is about.

I wondered how Flower Soft accents would work on an actual photo printed on photo paper. Guess what, it worked wonderfully!

The photo is a cluster of white roses with yellow centers. I just added a generous amount of the Tacky glue to the centers of the roses. Next, I added the Citrus Crush Ultra Fine Flower Soft on the wet glue and left that to dry thoroughly. When that was dry, I brushed off all of the excess Flower Soft and then I added a bit more glue to just the center area of a couple of these Flower Soft accented centers and added the Sunshine yellow Flower Soft and left that to dry.

If you have even use both the original Flower Soft and the Ultra Fine Flower Soft, you know that the original kind has larger little flakes then the Ultra Fine so they really worked together nicely for the centers of my flowers.

Here is a side view. If you look real hard, you can see that they are two different levels of Flower Soft with the two kinds that I used.Here is another view of a close up of the centers to help you get the idea. I thought my experiment worked out pretty good for a fun accent to a card and to a photo. And, here is a little reminder, be on the lookout for what is soon to come with Flower Soft TV, you are going to LOVE it!Thanks for visiting the Flower Soft blog today, Linda BeesonGET WELL SOON card Materials list:Cardstock – Core Essentials/Core’dinationsPatterned paper – October AfternoonFlower Soft – Sunshine YellowUltra Fine Flower Soft – Citrus Crush

Friday, May 21, 2010

Here is another card made with the new toppers available today at Flower Soft! The Toppers at Flower Soft are pre-colored (beautifully!) all you do is apply it to your card and decorate. How fun is that?

Thursday, May 20, 2010

I am Noreen and I am the demonstrator for Katy Sue Designs the UK manufacturers of Flower Soft. I am a newbie to the on line world and this is my first ever post to anything ever online!!

I am however I am an old hand at crafting and over the years have done everything from knitting to cake decorating. I love crafts of all types and that is why I really enjoying demonstrating the Flower Soft range as it is so versatile that it works with so many different crafts and hobbies..... and that is why my news is so

exciting!

At last we will have the chance to share all the many many ideas and techniques that these wonderful products have to offer with our Global crafting community through our brand new TV channel Flower Soft TV.

I hope you will love our weekly super high quality shows, filmed in a professional TV studio with four state of the art cameras, so we know you are going to be able to see every little detail of every project. Our aim is to inspire you and educate you in the very simple techniques that you can master at home yourselves.

Each show will focus on a different theme and over time it will cover different crafts and hobbies. Of course we know that many crafters love using Flower Soft products for their Card Making projects so that it where we will start!

Not only is every show very high quality but from time to time we will be offering viewers very special promotion's!.....I don't want to give everything away now, but lets just say we will be offering everybody the chance to buy a complimentary product that you will not find in any store!

And if that wasn't enough to tell you what a great TV channel this is about to become we also have an exclusive TV candy offering! Hop on over to www.flower-soft.tvand sign up so that you are one of the first to know about our June launch and you could also win every Flower Soft product used in our first show.....and there is a lot in that show!

Not bad for my first ever blog, if I say so myself!

Take a sneak a peak some of the snaps taken during filming and get ready for a sprinkle of imagination : )

Hey, Jen Buck here. :) I'm so excited about our upcoming Flower Soft TV! Have you had a chance to sign up yet? Be sure and head on over to the new site and sign up for the June 7th launch. There will be a winner chosen that day who will receive all of the products featured for that very first webcast hosted by our very own Noreen! That is over $100 in Flower Soft products. Best of luck to each of you! :)

I've got a quick project for you today. Take a peek.....

I thought this one was perfect for this time of year and the black Flower Soft was perfect for this little bee. Here's a close up.....

I love that Flower Soft works for more than just flowers. It's the perfect touch to any image.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Hi everyone! This is Rose Ann with a Flower Soft project I created before I was a team member. I totally love how Flower Soft enhances silhouette floral images so beautifully, don't you? Here I have used Heather Mix Flower Soft to add lovely texture and a realistic look.

A close-up

Thanks for stopping by today! Please check back soon, as you'll be seeing lots more postings from the team.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

It's time for the latest Flower Soft hop. Our design team has some amazing samples in store for you this week and once you make it to the end of the hop you need to leave a comment and be sure you are signed up to follow this blog so that you can be included in this weeks Flower Soft give-away.